CactusA319 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 2918 posts, RR: 29 Posted (12 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 1722 times:
Because I'm bored and to take a break from a PowerPoint presentation I am doing, I'll set up a little poll:
What's your favorite defunct airline?
Mine are Eastern and the original Midway Airlines.
Latinplane From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 2629 posts, RR: 15 Reply 1, posted (12 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1617 times:
CV990A From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 1391 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (12 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1600 times:
Mine is New York Air. I flew with them once, it was a great experience.
Dazed767 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5447 posts, RR: 53 Reply 4, posted (12 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1590 times:
Jabpilot From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 423 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (12 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1581 times:
Sccutler From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 5091 posts, RR: 28 Reply 6, posted (12 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 1558 times:
Braniff (the original).
And "Apple" (New York Air) isn't exactly defunct; it was just absorbed into the main carrier (Continental) of the company that started it in the first place- Texas Air.
...three miles from BRONS, clear for the ILS one five approach...
Goingboeing From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 4875 posts, RR: 19 Reply 7, posted (12 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 1558 times:
JAT From Canada, joined Feb 2000, 1095 posts, RR: 10 Reply 10, posted (12 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 1539 times:
Wardair!!! An airline that stud up to Air Canada (on it's own, CP/Canadian had help from the government). For a short time the Air Canada monopoly was broken, but no longer.
Deltaflyertoo From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 1589 posts, RR: 1 Reply 15, posted (12 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1519 times:
People Express.....its ambition and future and the time was so exciting.
BonanzaFunjet From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 127 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (12 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1507 times:
DCA-ROCguy From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 4402 posts, RR: 37 Reply 18, posted (12 years 5 months 3 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 1496 times:
People Express and Piedmont share the honors for me. People Express liberated my hometown, Rochester New York, from high airfares in 1985 and drove traffic up 38 percent in one year. People Express made the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 reality for millions of people in medium-size markets like Rochester. And the employees were a hoot too.
Piedmont was a just plain good airline. They offered very good nonstop (LGA, EWR, BWI, BOS, JFK) and connecting schedules at Rochester, clean planes, reasonable fares, and friendly employees. God bless President Reagan, but he really blew it by allowing US Air to snap Piedmont up and destroy mainline regional competition at Rochester. We've paid the price ever $ince.
BostonBeau From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 459 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (12 years 5 months 3 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 1485 times:
Northeast Airlines....Boston's hometown airline.
o/ "....Northeast Yellowbirds....we fly more to the sun.
Northeast Yellowbirds....our service is number 1.
Wow! our seats are wide....lots more room inside...
Food is cooked on board...have your faith restored.
So just fly away, in the sky away.....
Yellowbirds to the sun..."/o
LHMark From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 7255 posts, RR: 51 Reply 22, posted (12 years 5 months 3 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 1478 times:
1. Pan Am, simply for being THE legend
2. Interflug, due to my fascination with the cold war and all things DDR
3. Piedmont, for all the reasons Jim (DCA-ROC guy) mentioned above. What an ambitious move for a mid-sized regional to start Charlotte-London services.
"Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed on the Yankees. Apparently it angers them." - Bob Feller
Contrails From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 1818 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (12 years 5 months 3 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 1462 times:
1. First, foremost, and always: Braniff (the original). I miss their colorful planes, their Texas attitude, their FAs' uniforms, and most of all "The Great Pumpkin". Some days I can almost see a BN 727 on final to DCA out my office window.
2. Pan American World Airways. Does anyone else believe as I do that when they went to the bold "PAN AM" scheme that they lost their identity? I loved their 707's in blue and white. I wish I could have flown on one of them before they disappeared.
3. US Airways. I'm starting early. (small joke!)
Flying Colors Forever!
25 Ahlfors: Hands down Carib Air. They were based in Barbados flying 146s to nearby islands from ANU to POS.
26 EyeSky: I have to agree with BostonBeau, I really miss the Northeast Yellowbirds - my first ever commercial flight was on one of their DC-9-30's. Click for la
28 Redraider: Braniff International - Just think what DFW would be like in this day and age had BI still been around Texas International - I personally think Contin
30 Chepos: Eastern-The wings of man I remember they had a hub here in San Juan . So they had a great amount of activity . There planes looked awsome especially t
31 AA61hvy: I like PSA and National Airlines ... both have real nice color schemes.
32 FedExHeavy: I'm a big fan of Reno Air and PSA, it's a shame there gone.
33 Whisperingiant: VC10 - you am de coolest; what great pix. For me, it has to be Republic Airlines. I lived near Minneapolis 1982-1987, and (hey, much as I LOVED Northw
34 VirginA340: Contrail; I belive the bold PAN AM scheme looked great on the 727-200 as well as the smaller planes in their fleet. But doing it on a PA 747 looked du
35 Tom in NO: 1) PSA.....can't forget where I started in this crazy business 2) Braniff.....the old jelly-bean airline 3) AirCal.....American screwed them, as USAir
36 GUNDU: 1.Pan American 2.Braniff International 3.Eastern 4.Pacific and Southern Air 5.Allegheny/Piedmont Gundu
37 MSYtristar: 1) Pan Am....let's face it, they deserve all the credit they can get. They made air travel what it is today. 2) National...such an interesting and col
38 MightyMD-90: I have a definite western bias, growing up in California. The first airline that I ever flew on was Air California (on their 737-200 San Jose to Orang
40 AApilot2b: I would have to say that PANAM is my favorite defunct airline. My first trip was on a PANAM 707-300 from New York to Dakar, Senegal. My family travele
41 Sebastian: I'm gonna have to agree with DCA-ROC guy. People Express was to EWR what SW is to the entire US. EWR was a failing airport until PeopleExpress came in
42 L-1011-500: Havent flown many, but Reno Air, recently gobbled up by American in 1999 was great. What other airline could you fly on and upgrade to first class for
43 Rominato: Surprised I have not seen my favorite mentioned: Western Airlines.
44 AS737900: #1. Reno Air. Never flew with them, but they helped to keep fares in check in Anchorage. Then American bought them out. Cut 3 daily flights to one red
47 Flaps: 1. Piedmont 2. Eastern 3. People Express
48 APP: Mine's probably 'Western', surprised its only had one other mention. APP. P.S. (Eastern, Pan Am, British Caledonian and for old times sake Dan Air wou
49 Wmubronco: The two best defunct airlines are in decending order. 1) North Central FLY HERMAN! 2) Rebublic -a great airline before the hostile NWA take over j/k.
50 Baec777XX: Please explain the word " DEFUNCT ". Baec777XX
52 CactusA319: Listen buddy, If you don't like the subject, don't bother to read it ok. I don't think it's stupid because it lets us reminisce on airlines that no l
53 CNBC: Canadian Airlines, Canadian Airlines, and Canadian Airlines.
54 LordOfTheFlys: Have to go with Western, I still have some playing cards from them. Western L1011...doesn't get much better.
56 Laserjet: It would have to Pan Am - for huge impact that they had on air travel. Even though the original Pan Am has been dead for many years, people can still
57 ERJ135: A little Airline called East West in Australia East west was eaten up by Ansett.
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